Vegas: Day 2

We might have had too much fun on our first day in Vegas, so we took it easy for Day 2. We bought a bus pass - best idea ever! - and went shopping at the outlet mall. On the way back, our trusty "guide" told us the wrong bus stop to get off on to see the famous Las Vegas sign. Lesson learned: a guy working bus security probably doesn't know much. We. Walked. Forever. But we had fun and found a shopping cart in the desert.


We finally made it to the sign! Hooray!


On our way back to our hotel, we met a lovely German lady named Alexandra who needed our help. She was traveling alone, and she couldn't have made it to the Las Vegas sign without some assistance. Not only were the sidewalks pretty broken down in that area, but there was no crosswalk across the three lanes of traffic to get to the stupid sign. It was way unsafe for someone with mobility issues. So we walked back to the sign and helped Alexandra take a photo in front of it. Hooray!


We headed back to our hotel, and I made Leigh sit down outside before we could even make it indoors. I was so tired from walking!


The rest of the day we spent jacking around. We saw the lions at the MGM. (She's right above my head!)


We went to the M&M store, where I was hungry and Leigh was thirsty. He was so fascinated by the ability to drink beer wherever you want in Las Vegas - on the street, in stores, between casinos, in front of innocent children. So, of course, he had to take advantage of that in the M&M Store.


We met our friends for dinner and ate the fanciest miniature lemon pie ever.


After dinner, we gambled $20 on behalf of a friend of mine at work. This is how that went:

So, long story short, she and I both still work at the paper.


After that, we decided to go to Freemont Street. We did something else on the way to Freemont, but that is a story for another day. We ended up walking forever again. On the way, we stopped in front of the pawn shop from Pawn Stars. It was closed, but it was still kind of cool to see.


We finally made it to Freemont Street!


I'm sorry. I'm too busy sitting here to read your sign:


Leigh was really excited about our trip to Freemont Street because of these two things: the world's most stereotypically policemen and the world's largest pint glass.